ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Minister of Works, Nigeria, David Umahi has criticized the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for embarking on a two-day protest over the economic hardship in the country.
Recall that the NLC embarked on a nationwide protest on February 28 and 29, 2024 over the rising cost of living.
Speaking on Monday while inspecting the Enugu-Port Harcourt road, Umahi said that the current administration is working to correct “Nigeria’s misfortunes”.
The Former Ebonyi State Governor said the issue of hunger has always been frequent in the country, even during past administrations.
The Minister urged Nigerians to be patient with the President Tinubu-led administration and support the economic reforms of the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Hear him: “Mr President is a man that is committed. He came to overturn our misfortunes.
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“When you have a job to do, it doesn’t matter if it takes you one year or two years, the important thing is taking off. Mr President has just taken off and we would soon be cruising.
“Every sector of the economy requires attention and Mr president is managing them well. And we want Nigerians to be patient with him, to support him and let everyone do their bit,” he said.
He noted that in every state where we don’t have insecurity, citizens should be able to go back to our farms.
“We should be able to assist so we can feed ourselves.
“This hunger that people are talking about, if we increase our activities on the farm… I’m not saying where we have insecurity, people should go to the farm.
“But you have to know that the issue of hunger was not a thing of today. It dates back to the past administrations. It was there before the past administration.
“Incidentally, the people who presided over the beginning of insecurity are the ones criticising us now,” he said.
Saying that Nigeria had the issue of the herders and farmers crisis where people could no longer go to their farms over 10 years ago, Mr Umahi said President Tinubu has come to solve all the problems.
“It was very wrong for labour to embark on strike four times within nine months.
It doesn’t show patriotism; it doesn’t show that they are in this country and understand the problems we have in this country”, Umahi said.